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ISCO-08 7514

Fruit, vegetable and related preservers

6.3%
ADI · 384th of 433 · 95% interval 0.0–18.9

An AI agent can at least partly carry out 6.3% of the task time of fruit, vegetable and related preservers, and finish 0.0% alone. The barrier that holds most of the rest back is access to the systems the work runs on.

ADI · partial or full6.3%

384th of 433 · interval 0.0–18.9

ADI3 · full delegation0.0%

201st of 433 · interval 0.0–0.0

ADIs · share of time19.0%

326th of 433 · interval 11.2–28.0

Evidence17

task statements rated by two models and weighted by importance and frequency. World employment: 4.6 million.

Task weight by level

How the tasks rate

53%
41%
L0No meaningful role · 52.8%L1Augmentation · 40.9%L2Partial delegation · 6.3%L3Full delegation · 0.0%
Barriers

What stops the agent

Physical presence97%
Accountability27%
Trust and care0%
Access to systems83%

Share of task weight flagged by each barrier; a task can carry several.

17 task statements, heaviest first
Task statement (O*NET occupation)Sonnet · HaikuBarriers
Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.6%L1L1L235%25 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Tend or operate and control equipment, such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.5%L1L1L118%4.5 hPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.3%L2L2L372%8 minPhysical presence, Access to systems
Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.2%L0L0L04%38 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.1%L0L0L05%8 minPhysical presence, Access to systems
Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · supplemental task6.1%L0L1L010%15 minPhysical presence, Access to systems
Operate auxiliary machines and equipment, such as grinders, canners, and molding presses, to prepare or further process products.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · supplemental task6.0%L0L0L04%2.4 hPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.0%L1L1L238%12 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders6.0%L1L1L112%12 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders5.9%L1L1L225%10 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders5.8%L0L0L03%12 minPhysical presence
Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · supplemental task5.7%L0L0L08%18 minPhysical presence, Access to systems
Admit required amounts of water, steam, cooking oils, or compressed air into equipment, such as by opening water valves to cool mixtures to the desired consistency.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders5.7%L0L1L012%5 minPhysical presence, Access to systems
Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders5.6%L0L1L08%18 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems
Remove cooked material or products from equipment.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders5.6%L0L0L03%6 minPhysical presence
Show the other 2 tasks
Task statement (O*NET occupation)Sonnet · HaikuBarriers
Notify or signal other workers to operate equipment or when processing is complete.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders5.1%L1L1L238%2 minPhysical presence, Access to systems
Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when necessary.Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders4.9%L1L1L228%5 minPhysical presence, Accountability, Access to systems

Level: consensus of the two models (the lower level when they disagree). Share: part of the task’s working time an agent could take over. Human time: minutes a competent person needs for one instance, as estimated by the models.

Against other measures

Exposure is not delegation

MeasureValuePercentilePct
ADI (this index)6.3%12
Eloundou et al. (2024), GPT exposure β0.12222
Felten et al. (2021), AI occupational exposure-0.5639
Webb (2020), AI patent exposure56.83351
Eisfeldt et al. (2026), generative AI exposure0.03220
Anthropic Economic Index, observed use016

Earlier indices measure whether AI can touch a task; ADI measures how much of it an agent can carry out from a goal. – : the source does not cover this occupation.

Same sub-major group (75)

Neighbouring occupations

Dashed line: fruit, vegetable and related preservers (6.3%).

Cite this record
Text

Espinal Maya, Cristian, and Santiago Jiménez Londoño. 2026. ADI v2026.1: Agent Delegability Index data, code and MCP server. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23552918. Record: Fruit, vegetable and related preservers (ISCO-08 7514), https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/7514

BibTeX
@misc{espinal2026adidata,
  title     = {{ADI} v2026.1: Agent Delegability Index data, code and {MCP} server},
  author    = {Espinal Maya, Cristian and Jim{\'e}nez Londo{\~n}o, Santiago},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {v2026.1},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23552918},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23552918},
  note      = {Record: Fruit, vegetable and related preservers (ISCO-08 7514)}
}
Machine-readable

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